Chairman and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (first-class); Commanders of military regions, political commissars (second-class and first-class) and members of military commissions (second-class and second-class); Corps level (third class, first class, second class and third class); Positive, deputy and paramilitary ranks (four grades, one, two and three grades);

Positive, deputy, quasi-division level (five grades one, two, three); Positive, deputy and quasi-regimental levels (Grade 6, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3); Positive and deputy battalion levels (Grade 7, Grade 1 and Grade 2); Positive and Deputy Company Levels (Grade 8, Grade 1 and Grade 2); Primary and secondary platoon levels (Grade 9, Grade 1 and Grade 2); Primary and secondary classes (Grade 10, Grade 1 and Grade 2); Warrior level (eleventh class).

The "army level" was officially assessed in March 1952. The whole army was set up from the chairman level of the military commission in Mao Zedong to the soldier level, with eleven grades and twenty-four grades.

The background color of soldiers' rank epaulettes:

The army is brownish green, the navy is black, and the air force is sky blue. There are two levels of soldiers, private (conscripts in the first year of active service) and superior (conscripts in the second year of active service).

Non-commissioned officers are divided into first-class non-commissioned officers, second-class non-commissioned officers, third-class non-commissioned officers, fourth-class non-commissioned officers, fifth-class non-commissioned officers and sixth-class non-commissioned officers. Among them, the first-class and second-class noncommissioned officers are junior noncommissioned officers, the third-class and fourth-class noncommissioned officers are intermediate noncommissioned officers, and the fifth-class and sixth-class noncommissioned officers are senior noncommissioned officers. The rank of non-commissioned officer is decorated with symbols and folding bars on the epaulettes. Symbols and folding bars represent the ranks of noncommissioned officers, such as senior, middle and junior, respectively.

Three thick folding bars are the ranks of six-level noncommissioned officers; Two thick folding bars and one thin folding bar are the rank of five-level non-commissioned officers; The two thick folding bars are the ranks of four-level non-commissioned officers; A thick folding bar and a thin folding bar are three levels. Non-commissioned officer rank; A thick folding bar is the rank of second-class non-commissioned officer; A thin folding bar is the rank of first-class non-commissioned officer. Sergeant rank shoulder.